The Senate has approved a $460 billion spending package just in time to avoid a government shutdown. The package contains six annual spending bills and now awaits President Joe Biden's signature. Negotiations are ongoing for a second package to fund federal agencies by March 22.
On Friday, the Senate approved a $460 billion package of spending bills just in time to meet a midnight deadline to avoid a government shutdown . The measure, passed by the House earlier, contains six annual spending bills . It now heads to the desk of President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Meanwhile, lawmakers are negotiating a second package of six bills, including defense legislation, with hopes to keep all federal agencies funded by a March 22 deadline.
"To folks who worry that divided government means nothing ever gets done, this bipartisan package says otherwise," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY. Schumer said the bill's passing would allow for the hiring of more air traffic controllers and rail safety inspectors, give federal firefighters a raise and boost support for homeless veterans, among other things. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 75-22. The chamber labored to get to a final vote just hours before the midnight deadline for the first set of appropriations bills
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